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		-# 1 International Breeder of "Open" English Pleasure and Park National Champions in the history of the breed! -Foundation breeder Zodiac Matador and his sons/daughters/grandget. -25 years showing, training and breeding Bask bred horses…now in 2nd generation farm ownership…Todd's in charge but Bob and Mil still play a role in marketing, administration, and occasionally helping Todd.
...Matador at the Bradburns...

Bask has been the most influential sire of performance horses in the history of the breed. Matador is arguably the most successful Bask son at stud…"During the period of Pinnacle ownership and management, Matador had the highest percentage of National Winners in the history of the Arabian breed!"

AHA Arabian Horse Magazines “All-Time” Top National Champions List …English and Park horses…an article published in June 2004 shows… Zodiac Matador was the #1 producer of Champions and Winners of Championships in the history of the breed! .. These Matador champions were all produced during the period of Pinnacle mangement/ownership.

• Two of the top 5 English Pleasure (most titles) were sired by Matador
• Three of the top 5 English Pleasure (most championships) were by Matador…two others were sired by his sons Matrifik and Matoi
• Four of the top 5 Park (most titles) were by Matador
• Two of the top 5 Park (most championships) were by Matador

A 2004 study of English and Park horses from IAHA “points” records reveals the following…

• Aged Sires with significant numbers of offspring that have competed in the showring.

  ...average English/Park “points per offspring ”

• Young Sires or Sires with a lesser number of offspring that have competed in the show ring required a little different analysis to prevent skewed results produced from an undue influence from the results from any individual foal. Here we took the % of all the show ring points won in English/Park classes by the offspring produced from each stallion.

  Purebreds/Half Arabians Combined

  1. Mamage……………………….87.8 % .........Matador son
  2. Matrifik……………………...….74.6 % .........Matador son
  3. Cologne……………………….70.6 %
  4. Baskevich……………………..70.1 %
  5. Mats Toi……………………….65.7 % .........Matador son
  6. Regal Basque………………..62.6 %
  7. Young MC……………………..56.1 % .........Matador son
  8. Vanraff……………………...… 51.6 %
  9. High Hopes……………..…….49.7 %
  10. Allience…………….…..………49.4%

2004 Pinnacle/Matador Line NtlCh/Res

2003 Pinnacle/Matador Line NtlCh/Res

2002 Pinnacle/Matador Line NtlCh/Res

Over the years, purebred "legends" of the breed come from the finest athletes! Legends are defined by their success in the "OPEN" classes of English Pleasure and Park at the US and CDN Nationals. We are proud of our success in these classes!

PINNACLE OWNED/BRED...NTL CH/RES..."OPEN"

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